Documentary using animated maps, recreations and period footage, on conflicts around a French stronghold which the Germans briefly captured during the battle of Verdun in WWI, between February and October of 1916.
Direction
Paul's recreated battle scenes predate modern war filmmaking.
Editing
Brutal cuts between archive footage and staged hellscapes.
Director
Heinz Paul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Verdun became sacred French soil — 300,000 bodies still missing in the hills.
Paul used actual WWI veterans as extras; some had PTSD breakdowns on set.
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